Quote#Politics & Power
Abolitionism proposes to destroy the right and extinguish the…
Quote byStephen A. Douglas · 1813–1861
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Speech in the Senate (3 March 1854).
English (original)
Abolitionism proposes to destroy the right and extinguish the principle of self-government for which our forefathers waged a seven years' bloody war, and upon which our system of free government is founded.
— Stephen A. Douglas
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